Cookie thief holds biscuit to ransom

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As extortion plans go, this one takes the biscuit. Bahlsen, a food company, has received a ransom demand from a criminal disguised as the Cookie Monster for the return of its golden biscuit sign, which disappeared from its Hanover headquarters a week ago.

Days later a ransom note arrived with a photo of the Sesame Street character taking a bite from the 20kg metal biscuit. It demanded that Bahlsen give chocolate biscuits to children in Hanover hospitals and donate $1,000 to an animal home.

“I have the biscuit!” the note saidd. “You want it and therefore you want on one